How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"Look at his eyes. Can't you see the poor boy's dazed in his wits, dazed and confused? He's bespelled, I'll wager you." (1.157)
When Dunstan shows up with the glass snowdrop for Daisy, he's acting a little funny. Mr. Hempstock's interpretation is that it's the fault of someone/something magical; clearly the boy's under a spell.
Quote #5
The three women in the mirror were also the Lilim: but whether they were the successors to the old women, or their shadow-selves, or whether only the peasant cottage in the woods was real, or if, somewhere, the Lilim lived in a black hall, with a fountain in the shape of a mermaid playing in the courtyard of stars, none knew for certain, and none but the Lilim could say. (3.59)
This description of the Lilim kind of breaks our brains. Do they actually live in an alternate universe? Do they have shadow-selves? Come to think of it, what is a shadow-self? Is it a witch thing? Or are the Lilim the proto-witches, the witches who came before witches? Almost goddesses? Whatever they are, they're full of magic, and they're kind of scary.
Quote #6
"Say," said a small and hairy voice in his ear, "but would you mind dreamin' a bit quieter?" (4.5)
Last we checked, it wasn't possible for one person to dream loudly enough for another person to hear them. Or for people to share dreams. It seems the hairy little man is gifted (or cursed?) with especially strong dream senses. Or maybe Tristran is. This whole thing is a little odd.